# Accident 20240508005179A: Cessna 172M, Midland, TX, May 8, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 2024, 13:20 local time
- Place: Midland, TX
- Airport: Sky West Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8550° N, 102.0739° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8550&lon=-102.0739&mi=10
- Aircraft: N69PW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N69PW-2024-08-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 757 total, 565 in this make and model, 240 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24LA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA178) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240508005179A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON MAY 8, 2024, AT APPROXIMATELY 1320, A CE-172M AIRCRAFT, PERFORMED AN OFF-AIRPORT LANDING IN A FIELD ADJACENT TO SKYWEST AIRPORT (7T7), SOUTH OF MIDLAND, TEXAS AFTER A FAILED GO AROUND. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A BUSINESS FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM MONAHANS TEXAS (E01), ON MAY 8, 2024, AT APPROXIMATELY 1130.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN24LA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA178), May 8, 2024: Cessna 172M (N69PW), Midland, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control during a go-around in a gusting crosswind, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and collision with terrain. Contributing to the accident was the…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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